Selene The Crimson RED Changeling Empress
By: " Black--Soul "

Chapter Four: Day one of the rest of her life

Selene Crimson the Changeling Empress of the Crimson Hive in the making, is pretty mutch lost. She walk around the Caves walls to her right. The underground Cave she was in has been pretty huge so far. After walking about a hour or two did she made a break, the perfect time to test her wings for a bit.

The wing test got her a few centimeters of the ground, but that was it. No matter how hard she tried, she just could not fly higher. At least her movement speed would improve if she take a running start and than started to hover with a slight tilt.

She than tested her Hooves on the Cave walls. The tiny spikes or hairs she could extend on her hooves reminded her of the Spiderman movie, when the wall climbing / walking was discovered.

It take some effort, but she learned how one of her kind could actually walk on the wall. It was slippery and very uneven, but still allowed her to see over the grass. The Cave was huge, grass everywhere. Not mutch farther was the underground collection of water that allowed the Cave it's moisture and probably feeded the grass passivly.

Selene carefully walked backwards, an tripped. Falling ass first about a meter to the ground. Surprising to Selene was the impact rather dull. Apparently Changeling exoskeleton are rather good in impact force spreading.

When Selene tested the water was she reliefed to see it anything but salty. Noone would pull a 'Jack out the box' surprise attack on her.

It needed some time, but eventually did she found a hole in the wall about two meters high. That would be her exit. She didn't fit trough at first, but that was a nice test run for her Worker Slot to fix it. Her forlegs become like shovels with barbs, she could use them to make the hole big enough for her to crawl trough. She already decided to keep the Cave. All now needed was prey to feed on. She and her future Hive would need as mutch they could get.

At least two should keep her feeded, hopefully.

Once she was out the the Cave she took a few of her surroundings. She came out of a pile of rather massiv rocks all around the exit/entry to the Cave. Surrounded by a Savana of sand and... Pretty mutch nothing else.

Her Cave entry had a small rock formation as Entry indicator. Easy to keep in mind, yet there was nothing covering it. That would have to be changed eventually.

She smoothed down the Entry hole on all sides to have a bit more wiggel room and not to accidently damage her exoskeleton peach skin layer if she ever needed to hurry entering or exiting.

That archived did she found out in delight that a progress bar has poped up besides one of her titels. Tunneling apperently leveld Hive Hex building structure - Rookie. Very useful for later.

Selene would soon have to find a food source. Her Love stores are still practicaly over full, but when she started to build her Hive? That should deplete her supply sooner or later. But before anything she needed to check out her Inventory. 51 Objects in a 50 Slot big storage. The Inventory still had days before one object was ejected.
But better save than sorry.
It should be simpel to find a place to hide something from her inventory in the Cave. The content of the Inventar was:

• 40 Big 'Crystal Love Storage', highest storage capacity, fully charged.
  
• 2 'Water Chalis of infinity fresh water', depicting herself in great detail.
  
• 1 Two sided 'Bag of Holding', it appered before her Body, with adjustment straps that made it possible to use it in a wide size for it's user.
  
• 2 Boxes full of 'thick glass vials with cork plugs, enchantment of preservation carved in it.
  Eatch hold 20 vials it seemed. To be indicated with a counter on it's upper right side.
  
• 5 'Sunight Crystals with stars' on them depicted. Eatch one as big as her head.
  
• 1 'Hive Swarm anti Magic Stone', when used it could use the ability to change shape: A Throne, a statue, a toilet bowl or a set of armor.

The Changeling Empress was thinking about simply taking the Bags of Holding out her she guessed hammerspace inventory supply and be done with the warning about the overfilled inventory. But better save than sorry.
So... She would not remove something after all... For now.

With her inventory checked out, it was time to find food for the future 'Hive Lair'. Time to find some Prey!

After Selene take the scientific way to select a random direction to start her search, namely turning in the air hovering until her wings build up fatigue. She counted 300 seconds before her Wings started to grow tired.

Sooo... There she go, keeping the Stone formation in mind and sight. What she also see was some clouds before her. If she could fly up there, she would totaly make herself cloud beds for herself...

It worked for Rainbowdash in the my little pony series.
Unless she need a Pegasus form or something similiar to enjoy their fluffyness.

Selene wandered for some time and noticed how hot the air around her was due to the air being distorted. Her 'Heat/Fire immunity' come very mutch in Hooves right now.

While Selene would love to see the world out there and maybe meet some different species cultures, was she literally the most wanted Ling in Equus. Since they wanted her all dead was the only chance she had to survive to LVL herself up to the apparently maximum of 151 and surround herself with a deadly Swarm for protection.

Her build is a jack of all trades, master of none. So a dedicated Solo or Tag team would wipe the Savana with her Icorblood if she leave her future Territory without every possible advantage there is for her to obtain.

The future ruler over her own Hive is quite surprise how empty her mind feel, now that she had nothing but to walk and think to herself until she found Prey. Hopefully none that could slay her...

Her priority would be to:
- Find Prey willing to feed her.
- Keep the Prey around her Hive as close as possible without their Village finding out where it was.
- Get her inventory down to 50 before she drop something to valuable.
- Build a Hive.
- Make new members of her Swarm.
- Make allies or even friends.

Every Pawn want her dead... But perhaps a few locals could be convinced she had only a horrible image and was a nice Bugwaifu otherwise...

* internal autocrash with whiliam scream *
"Bugwaifu... Bug-waifu... O SHIT!"

My name is Selene, that is a female name non a gender neutral name. Nooooo...

* Checks equicment *
"FUCK!" She shout cursed.

A group of Zebras was wandering around in the Savana. Their Village had been raided by a Giraff tribe, they were mercyless. They suffered a few casulties, but basicly won the Raid almost instantly. The Raiders party unfortunately had been in full determination to destroy the Village.

They killed all warriors with their superior numbers, simply charging into spears as if death was a welcome friend. All captured females alongside all usefull supplies got taken by them. They would come back later for the Tents.

They warned if the Tents be just missing one, would all survivers found later be executed. No matter how old or young.

A group of 50 Zebra Shaman stallion left the Village and walked the Savana for a hole Night to get distance between themself and the Giraff tribe raiders. Of course with all the Tents and hidden supplies a bit Offroad near the Village.

The Giraff raiders didn't show mercy. They just run out of troops to pack stuff and stay combat ready.

Further attacking would perhaps wiped out the Zebra tribe, but a Zebra mare angry because her foal was killed would even the one welcoming death, make take a pause to overthink their life choices. After all only the Foalless Zebra mares got taken in alive.
The few that come willingly for the Shamans to be spared had ended the violence.

The Zebra tribe remnants had a relativ good start in their desperate situation, but soon did water lack take a toll. It was just simply not enough for all... so the elder left their portion to the young.

To make things worse did a Hyena tribe attack their refugee group. The Elder Shamans did their best, but in the end did the enemy only retreat when they had eatch if them their own Prey to feast on.

They are now down to 35 survivers, the water would last for half a day at best. Than they all die of thirst. One of them probably sooner because his wounds would not stop bleeding entirely.

They all hear someone shout 'fuck'. Who ever was infront of them apparently had also a bad day... but unfortunately less so then their fate.

They moved towards the shout because frankly, a fast death was probably the more suffer less death to spare themself the slow end... unless the gods had mercy on them and sent someone to aid them somehow?

What they see was a tall Blood red horned female with summing wings that cursed up a storm for some reason. Dancing in the ground as if the hot savana Sand burned her hooves and making a little dust cloud. That probably was closer to the reason why anyone would look that redicules while cursing the world and the gods.

When they moved close enough that the female noticed them, did she apparently changed from absolutly livid to absolutly elated. That was disturbing...

Selene was cursing the universe and swore to skullfuck Murphy even without a dick, because she was a chick. Now Selene Crimson just noticed it all.

She when refering to herself. Just like NOW! Her higher pitched internal voice. The Titel Empress itself instead of Emperor. Hearts Desire calling HER a fellow LING S-I-S-T-E-RRR...
Taking the breeder as addition and not as main character screwed her over... but the Hivemind ability was just to precious to not take along... go figure it had a drawback.

She buzzed in fury a small dust cloud up with 2 wings and when it setteld, did behind her a group of Zebra standed.

Identity crisis later, Food and allies now!

So she started: "Hello gentle Zebras, my name is Selene. I'm very sorry for my loud and rude language use. Apparently i just had a bad... Time to vent it all out loud. I hope i don't disturbed you'r travels?"

Seconds later did Selene noticed she actualy used her real name and cursed up a storm in her empty head.

The Zebra stallions had forgiven her rude outburst and told her of their problems and last two days.

Selene absolutly hated how lucky she was. This poor Zebra tribe lost basicly everything, making them perfect for all she had to offer. She only needed to show her real sympathy and aid them.

They get water, Shelter and Food. While she would get Food and allies. Also... damn it... Egg'ssss...
Insamination material.

So Selene spoke up shortly after they told her of the last two days that practicaly sentance them to a horrific death by thirst or getting killed one way or another:

"I'm very - very - VERY sorry to hear about you'r fate, i know exacly what losing familie and home feels like.
But i guess as cruel fate was to us all seperately, so it give us a last chance of happyness together."

The Zebras were confused about the Crimson Spirit beast words. Her sympathy was pure as her sadness in her eyes about them losing their families seem to be. So what could possibility be giving them a chance to find happyness again for them all?

Selene continued: "First of all, you need water?
I can help with that." She proceed to pull out of nothing but thin air a sattlepack after waving apparently unknown magical glyphs into the air with her hooves.
She make it fitting on her with one of the Zebras helping pitting it around her well toned flanks.

She continued again with her hooves making Glyphs in the air and before her appered a very beautyful crafted Glass Chalis with very detailed decails on it depicting herself.
The Crimson Spirit than told them:

"May the God Anubis bless this tribe with life restoring water, may their thirst be washed away with pure water from the garden of the gods!"

She than proceed to give them all water to their hearts content. The Chalis was way to small to hold enough water for them all, at best for a singel Zebra but she keep giving Water as if the Chalis holded indeed a god given fountan of water to the Zebras mouth. Giving their bellys water and sating their thirst.

This give them all hopes that the gods had not abandoned them after all. Or in this case they found a new one.

The Crimson Spirit Beast than blessed them further:

"I shall take you'r burdens in the name of my God Anubis, put you Tents and supplies in my Godblessed Bag of Holding, so you don't have to keep this burden on your backs!"

Selene sigh as she put a huge amount of Traveler supplys and Tent number in the now on her flank places Bag of Holding. All the stuff from the Zebra village last survivers.

Playing it up so she impressed was kinda embarassing, but it would help them all. On Earth the belive in a god helped the hopeless. Here where actual gods played their game? Yeah... They deserved some attention and would in turn hopefully help the poor mortals here or there...

The Zebras had been truly blessed after their suffering. Their thirst was gone for the moment and the Crimson Spirit Beast of the God Anubis, they never know of before even carried their heavey and massiv tents. They just become smaller and fit in a space where maybe two or four water skins would fit in usually.

She than offered them to rest in a underground Cave of her Gods making. It was unblessed as of yet, but would without a doubt fill there bellys with fresh green gras for the time being and hide them from Raiders.

They where perhaps abandoned by their old gods, but their new God Anubis would not be so cruel. So the Crimson Spirit Beast Selene promised.

All she demanded? To love her, to belive in the mercy of her God Anubis. To keep the as of yet unblessed underground Cave hidden. Never to speak about it in joy or agony once their hooves leave the Cave grounds. From now until their death. In return would they and their future Foals stay in Anubis favor and be taken care off.

The thought that they would have foals of their own give many of them great hope to go trough the heartbreaking pain if the past so they can work for their future.

The Zebra tribe cheered. 34 Zebra males between 15 and 19 years of age. Unfortunately did one of them only received the water and witness the village supplies be put in the god blessed sattlepacks, before he parted from this world with a smile.
Hopefully to meet their new god as first of his followers in death after their life ended.

Author's Note

From Nr.1 target overall to local Zebra tribe heroine. Nice start

I no longer have proofreaders and well... doing it myself is a chore.

Stay cuddly said the Cuddlebug ♡

Last time edited:
31.01.2024